. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. 14 BIRD NAMES. [No. 6. ulum," of purplish blue bordered with white and black. Bill greenish yellow; legs reddish orange. Size very variable, about two feet in length, and three feet or more in extent. (One old drake now before me spreads nearly forty inches.) Female. A little smaller than male, with similar wings and feet; bill blotchily marked blackish and orange. General plu- mage of upper parts dusky brown variegated with light brown or dead-gra
. Names and portraits of birds which interest gunners, with descriptions in languages understanded of the people;. Game and game-birds; Birds. 14 BIRD NAMES. [No. 6. ulum," of purplish blue bordered with white and black. Bill greenish yellow; legs reddish orange. Size very variable, about two feet in length, and three feet or more in extent. (One old drake now before me spreads nearly forty inches.) Female. A little smaller than male, with similar wings and feet; bill blotchily marked blackish and orange. General plu- mage of upper parts dusky brown variegated with light brown or dead-grass color, this latter tint paling to whitish here and there; markings about head and neck fine and streaky; crown §i§ipi^ m. No. 6. Female. of head dark; throat plain buff; under surface of body varying with different specimens from buff to grayish or soiled white, and spotted with dusky brown. This is the original of our most common domesticated duck. Though usually shy and suspicious, I have found them feeding with farm-yard cousins in close proximity to barns and dwell- ing-houses. They are peculiarly ready (male and female) to mate with ducks of other species, and hybrids from these con- nections are not rare. The offspring of Mallard (No. 6) and Dusky-duck (No. 7) are raised in large numbers at Bell port,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trumbull, Gurdon, 1841-1903. New York, Harper
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